CVE-2012-0143

Microsoft Excel 2003 SP3 and Office 2008 for Mac - Remote Code Execution via Crafted Spreadsheet

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Microsoft Excel 2003 SP3 and Office 2008 for Mac do not properly handle memory during the opening of files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Excel Memory Corruption Using Various Modified Bytes Vulnerability."

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027041
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53374
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15064
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/49112
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-129A.html

Scores

EPSS 0.2239
EPSS Percentile 97.5%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (2)
microsoft/excel 2003 sp3
microsoft/office 2008
Published May 09, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026